What a new pandemic model reveals about the effectiveness of lockdowns

Fleurbaey, Marc, Fleurbaey, Hélène and Bradley, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-2184-7844 (2020) What a new pandemic model reveals about the effectiveness of lockdowns. LSE COVID-19 Blog (11 May 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Working out the trade-offs between saving lives and the economic damage of lockdown is complex. Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton), Hélène Fleurbaey (National Institute of Science and Technology) and Richard Bradley (LSE) have developed a model showing how different interventions can change the course of the pandemic. They conclude that the length of lockdown and early testing are crucial factors.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited:	11 May 2020 14:27
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:02
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104338

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